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The Norfolk shipyards harbor. (Eric Althoff)

Norfolk, Virginia, offers travel treasures not far from D.C.

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

A flautist plays during a Stanford pep rally Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Santa Monica, Calif. Stanford is scheduled to meet Iowa in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

U.S. undeterred by terrorism risk on New Year’s, opts to ramp up security

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

DEBORAH SIMMONS: College bowl-game trivia

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Benjamin Wagner, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, displays one of the guns seized in an undercover operation, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Oct. 15, 2015. Wagner announced a federal grand jury indicted 8 men on a variety of firearm charges including the manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license. At left is Jill A. Snyder, Special Agent in Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (Associated Press) **FILE**

New year means new state, city laws in 2016

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

Exercising more should be near the top of the list of New Year's resolutions. It may not be possible to dedicate hours for gym workouts, but we can find at least 15 minutes in our day to take the stairs instead of an elevator, stand up or walk during phone calls, or stretch or do push-ups during commercial breaks. Studies have shown that short bursts of physical activity have a cumulative benefit. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow/File)

NINA RADCLIFF: New Year’s resolutions

By Dr. Nina Radcliff

Earth Ornament Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PETER MORICI: Respond to challenges with hope

By Peter Morici

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The government's insurance website is faster and easier to use, but as a third sign-up season gets underway, President Barack Obama's health care law is approaching limits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

White House touts Obamacare in year-end push

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A Jew blows a shofar, ram's horn, while others pray as they perform Tasklikh, a Rosh Hashanah ritual for casting sins upon the waters, in front of the Mediterranean sea, in Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. Tasklikh is when Jews symbolically throw their sins into moving water during the New Year holiday of Rosh Hashana. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Rosh Hashanah: 8 things to know this year

By Payton Davis - Deseret News

An ethnic Chinese woman prays to celebrate the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Chinese New Year bumps Ash Wednesday fasting for Asia’s Catholics

By Antonio Anup Gonsalves - Catholic News Agency

Rebecca Hagelin and her daughter Kristin Carey

REBECCA HAGELIN & KRISTIN CAREY: New Year’s resolutions succeed with help of Holy Spirit

By Rebecca Hagelin and Kristin Carey